Vehicle-standard



(No Model.)

S. GRAHAM.

VEHICLE STANDARD. N0..416,910. Patented Dec. 10, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

SAMUEL GRAHAM, OF LEBEOIQ'MISSOURI.

VEHICLE-STANDARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,910, dated December10, 1889. Application filed October 17,1889. Serial No. 327,349. (Nomodel.)

Be it known that I, SAMUEL GRAHAM, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Lebeck, in the county of Cedar and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVehicle-Standards, of which the following is a specifica tion, referencebeing had therein to the ac companying drawings.

My invention relates to vehicle-standards; and my object is to produce amore cheap, durable, and effective device than has hitherto been in use.

With these ends in view myinvention consists in the peculiar featuresand combination of parts more fully described hereinafter, and pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of'my device applied to a bolster end; Fig. 2, a front elevation of thesame, and Fig. 3 a plan view taken through line 00 0c of Fig. 2.

The reference-letterA denotes an end of an ordinary vehicle-bolster towhich my improved standard is applied. .The rectangular band B of thestandard entirely surrounds the bolster, and is secured thereto by thebolt 19, which passes transversely through the same.

From the back edge of the band B extends the vertical plate 61. Thisplate is adapted to bear against the vehicle-body and extends to the topof the same, a lateral cap 0 being formed at its upper extremity. At itslower end this portion at is of the same width as the band B; but fromthis point'the sides f f taper until they reach the points 7' f, whencethey continue to the top of the standard on a very gradual taper. Thisplate dis strengthened by a vertical brace or web g, which is formedintegral with said plate at right angles thereto. The front edge of thisweb commences at the outer edge of the band B and has a taper equal tothat of the lower portions f f of the back plate until it comes oppositethe point f of said plate, whence it gradually tapers toward the top ofthe standard, terminating at the cap 0. Triangular cross webs or bracesh h are formed integral with the main web g and back plate dintermediate of the upper and lower extremities of the same. These websare formed at right angles to the main web g and the plate d and connectthe faces of the same, thereby serving to greatly strengthen the device,and as all the various webs, the back plate, the cap 0, and the band areform ed integral an exceedingly cheap, strong, durable, andwell-appearing standard is produced.

It is evident that slight changes in the constructionof my device whichmight suggest themselves to one skilled in the art could be resorted towithout departing from the scope and spirit of my invention; hence I donot limit myself to the precise construction shown, I

Having thus described my invention, what I'claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A vehicle-standard consisting of a rectangular band B, at its lowerend adapted to fit over the bolster, a back plate extending verticallyfrom the same, a vertical brace extending from said band to the upperextremity of the standard and erected at right angles to said backplate, and cross-webs h h intermediate of the 'upper and lower ends ofthe standards, the whole being cast integral, substantially asdescribed.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a vehicle-standard consisting ofaband surrounding the bolster and secured thereto by means of a* boltpassing transversely through said bolster and said band, avertical platehaving tapering lower edges and arranged to bear against thevehicle-body, a main web or brace extending from the band to the top ofthe standard, and triangular cross-webs intermediate of the upper andlower extremities of the standard, the Whole being cast integral,substantially as and for the purpose described. I

3. In a vehicle-standard, the combination of a rectangular bandsurrounding the bolster, a bolster securing the same thereto, a backplate extending vertically therefrom, a cap-piece at the upper end ofthe same, a main brace or web extending from said band to saidcap-piece, and intermediate triangu

